Open Medicine (Dec 2019)

Cardiac strains as a tool for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy in non-responders: a pilot study

  • Šipula David,
  • Kozák Milan,
  • Šipula Jaroslav,
  • Homza Miroslav,
  • Plášek Jiří

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2019-0111
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 945 – 952

Abstract

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Approximately 30% of patients do not respond to implantation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy – Defibrillators (CRT-D). The aim of this study was to investigate the potential for cardiac strain speckle tracking to optimize the performance of CRT-D in non-responding patients.

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